According to "shuriken51" this is a "tacky Batman copy" Fortunately this is one of the characters Batman came from. Both the Shadow and the Phantom are much better than Batman but ultimately both characters were given worse stories, films etc. I think this film suffers from a bad cast but is a great film to watch. Sure Batman was brilliant but look at what happened. This was a one off and currently seems to be staying that way.

this is a superhero type movie and the hero the shadow isn't bad i saw this movie at the cinema and when i saw it i really enjoyed it. the movie has good bits where its quite dark which is good cause it takes it away from the pg areas. i would recomend buying this movie because there are much worse movies that you probably own

If Sam Raimi had gotten his hands on the film it would of been something of note(He made darkman instead).What it is though is a fun, action filled adventure with Baldwin looking broody and is a great switch off your brain sunday afternoon flick.
Try not to think of Batman as you watch it as The Shadow character was around a good 7/8 years before Batman was created and was the most famous pulp hero of the time.Fun basic adventure flick with a character begging for a better film and script.